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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.

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Thursday, November 24, 2005

Issue No. 16

Nineteenth meeting on:

The present state and the future of agriculture and forestry in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (75K)

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APPEARING:

The Honourable Wayne Easter, P.C., M.P.,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food with special emphasis on Rural Development

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WITNESSES

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

Tom Shenstone, Director General, Policy Planning and Interpretation, Strategic Policy Branch;

Danny Foster, Acting Director General, Business Risk Management Program Development.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Leonard Gustafson, Deputy Chair

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The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Callbeck, Gill, Hubley, *Kinsella (or Stratton), Mercer, Mitchell, Oliver, Peterson, Segal, Tkachuk

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Kelleher P.C. retired, substitution pending (October 2, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Kinsella is added (October 6, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Segal substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kinsella (November 2, 2005).

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